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Buffalo
City Hall: Americanesque Masterpiece
By John Conlin
1993
Landmark Society of the
Niagara Frontier
Buffalo City Hall
Landmark Society of the Niagara Frontier ... Nancy Mingus ... Clinton Brown ... Catherine Faust ... Henry Baxter ... John Conlin ... Appleton Fryer ... William Koch ... Louise McClive
Lafayette Square ... Niagara Square ... Exterior ... Presidential monuments ... Frieze sculpture ... Portico ... Main lobby art ... West frieze ... Council Chamber ... Observation deck
John Wade
Old County Hall ... Buffalo Athletic Club ... Statler Hotel ... George J. Dietel
Eliel and Eero Saarinen ... Kleinhans Music Hall ... Art Deco ... International Style
Pinnacle ... Terra cotta ... Art Deco
Portico ... Octastyle ... Columns ... Frieze ... Spandrel panel ... Basket weave ... Spandrel ... Pinnacle ... Obelisk ... Art Deco
Terra cotta
Spandrel ... Pilaster ... Zigzag ... Chevron
Portico
Niagara Square ... Joseph Ellicott ... Holland Land Company ... Samuel Wilkeson ... Burning of Buffalo ... Millard Fillmore ... William McKinley ... Daniel Burnham ... Ellicott Square Building ... Carrere and Hastings ... Pan American Exposition ... A. Phimister Proctor ... Lion ... Erie Canal ... Black Rock ... Gothic Revival ... Hotel Statler ... Main Place Tower ... NY State Building ... Federal Building
For photos of both monuments, see Cleveland and Fillmore Monuments ... Granite ... City Hall ... Bryant Baker ... Grover Cleveland ... Millard Fillmore ... Parapet
For photos and captions of all twelve figures, see Months window jambs
Frieze ... Colonnade ... Allegory
Frieze ... Erie Canal
Ancient Egyptian temples ... Reed ... McKinley Monument ... Obelisk ... Sawtooth ... Zig-zag ... Coffer ... Capital ... Spandrel ... Transom ... Chevron
Portico ... Vestibule ... Barrel vault ... Guastavino tile
Allegory ... Sunburst ... Gilded
Guastavino
Zig-zag
Iroquois ... Art Deco ... Grover Cleveland ... Millard Fillmore ... Frank X. Schwab ... Lunette
Wainscot ... Rosette ... Travertine ... Sunburst ... Vestibule ... Jamb
... Cadillac showroom
Colonnade ... Iroquois ... For photos of this frieze, see City Hall east and west friezes
Daniel Chabert Joncaire ... Joseph Ellicott ... Holland Land Company ... Forest Lawn Cemetery ... Iroquois ... Red Jacket ... Erastus Granger ... Samuel Wilkeson ... Erie Canal
Common Council Chamber
Guastavino ... Kensington High School ... Bank of Buffalo Building
Joseph Ellicott
See also: Photos taken from the Observation Deck ... Ebenezer Johnson ... Buffalo Lighthouse ... Joncaire ... Grain elevators ... Guaranty Building ... Electric Tower ... County Hall ... Rand Building ... Lafayette Square ... Central Terminal
John Wade ... George J. Dietel ... St. Francis de Sales Church ... Chauncey Hamlin ...
Buffalo Architecture and History: Mayors of Buffalo
Buffalo Architecture and History: Illustrated Architecture Dictionary
Landmark Society of the Niagara Frontier ... William F. Koch ... John Montague ... Jack Quinan ... Austin Fox ... Appleton "Tony" Fryer ... Francis R. Kowsky ... Louise McClive ... John H. Conlin ... Burchfield Art Center
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